How a Small Town Took Out the Town Bully And Covered It Up for 30 Years
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Chris
I'm Missouri born and raised. We kept up with this story from the start. It was local news to us. This story/report is fairly accurate, but lacks much detail, as it just flies over the top of the subject. One thing I'd like to add, is that the FBI were so concerned about this bastard, or they FEARED other towns/cities would do the same, that they didn't just conduct interviews. For months and YEARS they infiltrated Skidmore with undercover agents trying to crack the case. All were quickly identified and cold-shouldered. As for me, I believe justice is justice. We've all heard it said, you shouldn't take justice into your own hands. But WHO'S telling us that? Isn't it the ones that hold the current monopoly on dispensing whatever they want and calling it justice? As The People, WE are the lawful final arbiters of justice in our nation. And the theatre of the modern, corrupt, court room is just that- theatrer. BTW, the FBI knows that when the number of unsolved crimes reach a certain percentage in an area, the people begin to lose all confidence in the courts. Consequently, they've for several decades now maintained a covert group who travel to these areas and solve these crimes by blaming them on the deceased or getting already incarcerated felons to confess to them in exchange for certain perks in prison. BEAUTIFUL.
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I'm Missouri born and raised. We kept up with this story from the start. It was local news to us. This story/report is fairly accurate, but lacks much detail, as it just flies over the top of the subject. One thing I'd like to add, is that the FBI were so concerned about this bastard, or they FEARED other towns/cities would do the same, that they didn't just conduct interviews. For months and YEARS they infiltrated Skidmore with undercover agents trying to crack the case. All were quickly identified and cold-shouldered. As for me, I believe justice is justice. We've all heard it said, you shouldn't take justice into your own hands. But WHO'S telling us that? Isn't it the ones that hold the current monopoly on dispensing whatever they want and calling it justice? As The People, WE are the lawful final arbiters of justice in our nation. And the theatre of the modern, corrupt, court room is just that- theatrer. BTW, the FBI knows that when the number of unsolved crimes reach a certain percentage in an area, the people begin to lose all confidence in the courts. Consequently, they've for several decades now maintained a covert group who travel to these areas and solve these crimes by blaming them on the deceased or getting already incarcerated felons to confess to them in exchange for certain perks in prison. BEAUTIFUL.
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Rodney
Some a-hole from Playboy went to Skidmore a few years after the incident and wrote an article making the town look like a bunch of hillbillies who formed a lynch mob. One of his manufactured quotes, never actually said by any Skidmore resident, ever, went something like this: It's just like that guy who killed that John Lennon feller. The Beatles music ruined a generation of our young folk, so he really just did us all a favor. The people there don't even talk like that. What happened in Skidmore was the result of a legal system failing to protect people from terror. McElroy's violence had escalated to attempted murder and he was openly threatening to commit actual murder upon the same victim. I say this even as an opponent of the death penalty: this homicide was justifiable.
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Some a-hole from Playboy went to Skidmore a few years after the incident and wrote an article making the town look like a bunch of hillbillies who formed a lynch mob. One of his manufactured quotes, never actually said by any Skidmore resident, ever, went something like this: It's just like that guy who killed that John Lennon feller. The Beatles music ruined a generation of our young folk, so he really just did us all a favor. The people there don't even talk like that. What happened in Skidmore was the result of a legal system failing to protect people from terror. McElroy's violence had escalated to attempted murder and he was openly threatening to commit actual murder upon the same victim. I say this even as an opponent of the death penalty: this homicide was justifiable.
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Christy
Dude the sinceritone is not necessary. He was a horrible man that died violently because he lived violently and nobody gives a damn. The authorities were not worried or concerned because they knew what was coming to him. and they knew he got it. They didn't look hard they didn't care. it looks the body and said okay let's go home. It's about like that and other than actually being able to sleep that night no one cared.
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Dude the sinceritone is not necessary. He was a horrible man that died violently because he lived violently and nobody gives a damn. The authorities were not worried or concerned because they knew what was coming to him. and they knew he got it. They didn't look hard they didn't care. it looks the body and said okay let's go home. It's about like that and other than actually being able to sleep that night no one cared.
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John
Thats not even the weirdest stuff that goes on in Missouri. You guys should do a video on the Lemp family from St Louis. Their brewery empire was once bigger than Anheuser-Busch. But they assume lost everything including their lives. The story involves numerous suicides, suspicion of murder, and now one of the most haunted mansions in the world.
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Thats not even the weirdest stuff that goes on in Missouri. You guys should do a video on the Lemp family from St Louis. Their brewery empire was once bigger than Anheuser-Busch. But they assume lost everything including their lives. The story involves numerous suicides, suspicion of murder, and now one of the most haunted mansions in the world.
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CDSwan
A friend I grew up in a small rural town loved to pick fights. He was an amateur boxing state champion. He didnt care if you wanted to fight back, if you crossed him, real or imagined, he would attack you. He was shot and ran over by a car outside a bar one night. Nobody that knew him was surprised. No one was ever charged with his killing.
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A friend I grew up in a small rural town loved to pick fights. He was an amateur boxing state champion. He didnt care if you wanted to fight back, if you crossed him, real or imagined, he would attack you. He was shot and ran over by a car outside a bar one night. Nobody that knew him was surprised. No one was ever charged with his killing.
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viperbuzzard01
It's like whenever someone gets bullied at school:
The bully does something bad, nothing happens to them
When the victim fights back, they're suddenly the bad guy.
it's good that this time no one found out who did it and we can agree it was karma that came for McElroy that day
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It's like whenever someone gets bullied at school:
The bully does something bad, nothing happens to them
When the victim fights back, they're suddenly the bad guy.
it's good that this time no one found out who did it and we can agree it was karma that came for McElroy that day
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North
Just saw a pic of his tombstone
Brave-he was a coward who only fought for himself and preyed on those weaker than him
Compassionate-he was a monster
Fearless-again he was a coward
That tombstone has to be amended to reflect his true self
I wish I could beaten him up
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Just saw a pic of his tombstone
Brave-he was a coward who only fought for himself and preyed on those weaker than him
Compassionate-he was a monster
Fearless-again he was a coward
That tombstone has to be amended to reflect his true self
I wish I could beaten him up
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Someone
Actually, my favorite book that I've ever read is the true story of this account called, In Broad Daylight. From the very beginning I couldn't put the book down and a video on here just doesn't compare. I highly recommend that book if this event is interesting to you
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Actually, my favorite book that I've ever read is the true story of this account called, In Broad Daylight. From the very beginning I couldn't put the book down and a video on here just doesn't compare. I highly recommend that book if this event is interesting to you
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Birdy
Lots of people fired at him and the ones that hit probably don't know it was their bullets that killed him. No guilty conscience. Had Trena won her lawsuit, the guy he shot in the neck could have sued his estate, worth whatever she won from the town.
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Lots of people fired at him and the ones that hit probably don't know it was their bullets that killed him. No guilty conscience. Had Trena won her lawsuit, the guy he shot in the neck could have sued his estate, worth whatever she won from the town.
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education
I believe if any town had a Ken McElroy in their town, the end results would be the same. He deserved every bit of his demise. He was a megalomaniacal tyrant who had no respect for other peoples boundaries. He was a danger to his community.
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I believe if any town had a Ken McElroy in their town, the end results would be the same. He deserved every bit of his demise. He was a megalomaniacal tyrant who had no respect for other peoples boundaries. He was a danger to his community.
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April
I am from Arkansas and I am here to tell you there are 2 things you do not mess with! Our children and our Dogs a Punk Ass such as Mcelroy would not last 2 seconds acting like that in my town! even a lot of the women know how to shoot
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I am from Arkansas and I am here to tell you there are 2 things you do not mess with! Our children and our Dogs a Punk Ass such as Mcelroy would not last 2 seconds acting like that in my town! even a lot of the women know how to shoot
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Yamcha
The amount of people involved in the murder should McElroy should be a pretty good sign for a person in law enforcement to not stick their noses into the matter. And it looks like they didn't either. Good riddance to the scumbag
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The amount of people involved in the murder should McElroy should be a pretty good sign for a person in law enforcement to not stick their noses into the matter. And it looks like they didn't either. Good riddance to the scumbag
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William
im seriously confused how the guy lived after getting the 12 year old off the buss? ok me as a dad, if the police won't do anything about someone raping my 12 y/o kid I most definitely will. honestly don't get it.
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im seriously confused how the guy lived after getting the 12 year old off the buss? ok me as a dad, if the police won't do anything about someone raping my 12 y/o kid I most definitely will. honestly don't get it.
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Martin
Imagine having a child with a child, and letting that child grow up in finding out about what happened, some people have no feelings at all, they resemble more to aggressive bachelors chimpanzees than to humans.
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Imagine having a child with a child, and letting that child grow up in finding out about what happened, some people have no feelings at all, they resemble more to aggressive bachelors chimpanzees than to humans.
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Totally
My aunt got the shit beat out of her by a boyfriend. My uncle ( her brother ) was a cop and found out about it.
Unrelated but the boyfriend was found dead shortly after, we all had a laugh about it
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My aunt got the shit beat out of her by a boyfriend. My uncle ( her brother ) was a cop and found out about it.
Unrelated but the boyfriend was found dead shortly after, we all had a laugh about it
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No
These are the type of people that need swift and harsh punishments the first time or 2 that they act out. Seriously. Just the constant getting away with it just inflates their egos and self righteousness.
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These are the type of people that need swift and harsh punishments the first time or 2 that they act out. Seriously. Just the constant getting away with it just inflates their egos and self righteousness.
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decker528
This is one case where vigilante justice was the way to go. You've been dealing with this guy for over a decade and the law doesn't do a thing. The only thing left is for the town to defend itself
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This is one case where vigilante justice was the way to go. You've been dealing with this guy for over a decade and the law doesn't do a thing. The only thing left is for the town to defend itself
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Michael
I love this story & have heard it numerous times & still can't get enough of it. This was like. straight out of a movie, but its real & actually happened. Oh, it's so so so sweet. He deserved it
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I love this story & have heard it numerous times & still can't get enough of it. This was like. straight out of a movie, but its real & actually happened. Oh, it's so so so sweet. He deserved it
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Lizzie
You know, hearing that he was drinking and had just bought a six pack, the citizens were really only helping prevent his drunk driving, they actually were preventing harm rather than causing it.
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You know, hearing that he was drinking and had just bought a six pack, the citizens were really only helping prevent his drunk driving, they actually were preventing harm rather than causing it.
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vilstef
The first book I read on this was so fricking worshipful of McElroy it was disgusting. The book was titled Judgement Day. I don't remember the author. Wouldn't want to re-read it.
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The first book I read on this was so fricking worshipful of McElroy it was disgusting. The book was titled Judgement Day. I don't remember the author. Wouldn't want to re-read it.
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